PERSON DIRECTORY
Jorge Conde
Jorge Conde appears in 2 indexed conversations across The a16z Show. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.
Taking Bold Bets: NIH and the Future of Biomedical Science
Jay BhattacharyaErik TorenbergVineeta AgarwalaJorge Conde
Bhattacharya wants NIH managed like a venture portfolio, tolerating productive failures and funding younger, newer ideas instead of rewarding six-to-eight-year-old proposals and publication volume.The $50 million autism data-science program and cautious leucovorin and acetaminophen guidance show near-term execution, while replication, public-health trust, and AI-generated application volume remain critical reform risks.
Faster Science, Better Drugs
Erik TorenbergPatrick HsuJorge Conde
Arc is combining neuroscience, immunology, machine learning, chemical biology, and genomics to reduce organizational and experimental latency, with virtual cells aimed at navigating diseased cells toward healthy states.The commercial prize depends on better targets, drug design, higher clinical success, lower capital intensity, and shorter timelines, but physical testing and human endpoints remain serial bottlenecks while virtual-cell capability sits somewhere between GPT-1 and GPT-2.